We All Have A Story To Tell

Born 10-10-1921 in Weiser, Idaho. Raised in the in the town of Union, Oregon located at the East end of the Grande Ronde Valley. On completion of highschool there found I had been successful enough in athletics to be invited to attend Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. There work opportunities were available to pay for tuition, board, room and other incidentals. During the summer of 1941 completed the Civilian Pilot Training program while working full time in the Walla Walla cannery. Drafted in the spring of 1942 and trained as a Radio Mechanic for the Army Air force. Twenty-two months of a total of 32 months of that time were spent in the Pacific theater of war. On return to the States in the spring of 1945 married MaryBelle Preston, the girl I had first dated in the winter of 1940. On March 14, 2006 we celebrated our 61^st wedding anniversary. On discharge from the service entered the University of Washington and using the G.I. Bill graduated in the spring of 1947. Spent the following two years in the Graduate School of Social Work, then in the fall of 1949 joined the Los Angeles County Probation Department as a Deputy Probation Officer Trainee. A thirty plus year career was spent in various elements of the Juvenile Justice system, including my last position as Superintendent of a 400 bed Juvenile Hall.